Sheridan Le Fanu

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), born in Dublin, established himself as a journalist and writer of fiction and became one of the best-selling authors of the 1860-80s. His sinister and supernatural tales are the precursors of the modern ghost story and inspired such authors as Bram Stoker and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), born in Dublin, established himself as a journalist and writer of fiction and became one of the best-selling authors of the 1860-80s. His sinister and supernatural tales are the precursors of the modern ghost story and inspired such authors as Bram Stoker and Robert Louis Stevenson. See less